20/05/2026
I saw a viral video of a child being beaten, and it’s one of those things that stays in your mind long after you watch it.
It’s heartbreaking and disturbing because this is every mother’s greatest fear—to think that your child could be hurt, terrified, or mistreated by someone they’re around or someone you allowed into their life.
As mothers, we can handle a lot of pain ourselves, but seeing our child suffer is a different kind of pain.
This is also why choosing relationships carefully is so important when you’re a parent. The people we allow into our lives can also affect our children’s lives. Love, emotions, and companionship are important, but when you become a parent, your decisions no longer affect only you.
The environment you create and the people you choose to keep around your child can shape their safety, emotional well-being, and future.
I’m not saying to judge people based on labels or identities. This is not about that. Abuse is abuse no matter who commits it. But situations like this remind me why parents have to be careful and observant about who they bring into their child’s world. Not everyone deserves access to your child, and not everyone should automatically earn your trust.
As a mother, my child’s safety will always come before anything else. Because at the end of the day, relationships can come and go, but the emotional wounds left on a child can last for years.
Every child deserves a home where they feel safe, loved, protected, and never afraid. May that child receive justice, healing, and the care every child deserves.